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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Say Hello to Christel Overgaard, our second guest designer for October with her beautiful layout inspired by our artwork this month.

Hello! My name is Christel Overgaard and I live in southern Sweden near the sea. I am retired and love it. About 12 years ago I came into contact with scrapbooking and it has developed into a great interest and a wonderful hobby. I have a big family and it´s my big motivation when I do the layouts, I fill binders to all the children and grandchildren. Therefore, I mostly do layouts, but some cards will also be made when needed. I like to photograph, I am a member of a photo club and it is a good combination with scrapbooking.

I like to interpret drawings and pictures and participate in many challenges each month. I probably can ot say I have any particular style, but like to challenge myself with new things. I get inspiration by looking around at all the talented scrapbookers and websites.

I am so glad to be a guest on ARTastic this month and hope that I can inspire others. Thanks!

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Kim Ewinswith her take on our inspiration artwork this month. This page is just gorgeous - so soft and beautiful and I love the photo Kim has used!

I was inspired by the blues in the background.

Hi all,My name is Kim Ewins. My hubby, Roy & I have 8 children.....No
it's not a blended family.....they are all ours and we have a TV. (You
would not believe how often people say this to me!!!!) I first began
scrapbooking back in 2006, after the birth of my last child. I have had the
pleasure of being part of some fabulous online Design Teams & have also been
privileged to have helped in the classrooms & also taught at both the
Melbourne & Brisbane Scrapbooking &
Papercraft Expo’s back in 2012- 2013. I have also taught at Joy’s Paperworks
annual Scrapbooking Day which is held in Young & also at the Cootamundra
Scrapbooking Day.

Thursday, 15 October 2015

Welcome to our mid month reveal. We are working with this beautiful painting by E PhillipsFox called The Green Parasol (1912).

CRITERIA this month is VINTAGE style

WENDY

This vintage layout is of my maternal great grandmother who passed away 45 years
before I was born. I used this photo because I love the outfit, the hair do, and
the formal setting of the photos of that time. It always makes me think of times
long gone, which is the same effect I have when I look at the inspirational
artwork. I’m so happy that I can combine my love of scrapbooking with my love of
family history as I have done here. The lady in the painting looks so relaxed
and casual, unlike my lady, but the idea of my great grandmother being
surrounded by flowers pleases me. “The Green Parasol” also inspired my colour
scheme.STINA

This was a really beautiful painting! In my card I was inspired by the soft
colors and the beautiful flowers.ANNA

I was inspired of the green in the picture, the dress and flowers. I tried to go
a bit romantic with the feel of my page. The photo is an old one of me when I did my graduation 1994!MARY

I was inspired by the colours in the painting.TONE-LILL

I was inspired by the beautiful flowers in this painting and I've added in some small vintage style embellishments and fabric to complete my page.JANEand another layout from me this monthI loved the soft green the artist used in this painting - it just makes the scene feel so peaceful. A perfect colour to use for this double page wedding spread.

Now it is your turn, we'd love to see what you can do ...

Remember we happily accept all forms of paper crafting for your entry including digital and encourage international submissions. All we ask is that you create a new entry for our challenge and you are most welcome to combine with a maximum of two additional challenges. We offer two prizes determined by team vote and one other prize purely chosen by random draw - so anyone can be a winner regardless of style or level of experience. You have until 11.55pm on the last day of the month to submit your entry.

Please pop back on the 22nd when we introduce you to our October guest designer, the very talented Kim Ewins.

Thursday, 8 October 2015

I will be announcing our September winners shortly but first I would like to introduce you to our next edition of Tips, Tricks and Techniques for 2015 - this month presented by team member Wendy O'Keefe.

INCORPORATING
MEMORABILIA IN DIGITAL LAYOUTS

Hello Scrapbooking Friends,

It’s Wendy here today to give you
some tips on how to incorporate ephemera or paper memorabilia in your digital
layouts. There are many ways to use memorabilia on traditional layouts – in
memory pockets, in envelopes, glued to the page, etc., but it’s not always
immediately obvious how to do it on a digital page.

My first tip is to keep any bits of
paper that remind you of an enjoyable experience. It could just be a tatty
ticket, or an advertising brochure, which may appear to be insignificant at the
time but you will be amazed at how much they can jog your memory when it comes
time to journal your experience. You will often find that, far from
insignificant, you can incorporate some parts of the memorabilia in your
layout.

I kept this advertising flyer as a
prompt for my journaling.

I actually ended up using it as a
main component of my layout when it turned out that I hadn’t taken any good
photos to scrapbook. I’ve used the flyer to show you three different techniques
of how you can use it on your digi page.

First, I’ve just used the actual
flyer as a photo on the page. I did this by scanning the flyer, saving it in
photo format, and adding it to my layout. This is probably the easiest way to
use the flyer and, as you can see, the journaling is the hero on this page.

Second, I’ve extracted the picture
from the flyer and used it as an embellishment on my page. After removing the
background I added a 3D edge and a shadow to the picture of the puppets.

Finally, I’ve made the picture of the
puppets and integral part of the background. This I did by enlarging the
embellishment I created for my second layout, removed the 3D edge and the
shadow, and softened the edge instead. Then I changed the opacity of the
altered picture to around 80% (so it would blend in better) and flattened it
against the background paper.

Now I have a layout to remind me of a
fabulous experience, even though I didn’t manage to get any photos at the time.

Thanks for taking the time to read my
tips and techniques.

~~~~~~~~~Thank you Wendy - this is such a clever technique and is really very effective.

and now onto our September winners .....

Thank you everyone for playing along with us last month - we had some really fabulous entries and it was incredibly difficult to come up with our voted upon winners.

Could the winners please contact mewith their postal details. You have until the announcement of the winners for next month to do so.Don't forget to grab our winners badge from the sidebar. Could I just remind everyone that while we welcome you combining with other challenges our limit is two - so ours plus two others only and this includes items you may have done as part of a DT.

OurCreative Team highlightfrom last month is Mary. She will receive a little surprise something from me.

Don't forget to enter this month's ARTastic challenge. All the details are in the left sidebar. Remember you have until the end of the month to submit your entry.

Please pop back on the 15th when we will have more delightful team inspiration to show you.

Born in Melbourne in 1865 to a legal based family, he first studied art at the National Gallery School in Melbourne before moving to France and England between 1887 and 1892 to study. He spent time at the magical destinations of Etaples and Giverny, as well as St Ives, the open-air painting hub of England. Returning to Australia, in 1893 he took over the lease of Charterisville in Heidelberg, and created a studio in which he taught outdoor painting techniques in the summers. Fox also co-established the Melbourne School of Art, which proved serious competition for the National Gallery of Victoria school over the 1890s. Having taught for nearly a decade, during which his portraits were in demand, Fox left for England in 1901, and lived in Paris from 1905 to 1913. He and his wife Ethel Carrick Fox made many brilliantly-coloured impressionist studies of beaches, striped bathing tents and markets in France and North Africa; of all the work of Australian artists of the period, the Foxs’ paintings look the most French. In 1913 he returned to Australia, marking the occasion with an exhibition of some seventy works. Fox passed away in 1915 from cancer.

And now some inspiration from the first of our team ...

LIZZY

I was inspired by the garden and the soft, romantic colours. I utilised lots of vintage elements
to pretty up this container for my scrapping flower supplies.

JO

I took my inspiration from the lady and the flowers in the painting and the
soft tones.ELAINE

To create my background I have stuck lace and a doily to my page and then used gesso over the top

of my whole page to blend them into my background. I then stencilled a
doily stencil with modelling

paste and finally I used green and brown spray mist as inspired by the
painting. I finished my page with my photo backed onto vintage papers which I
distressed.

DEB

This month I took inspiration from the colours, the flowers and the little
black dog.HELENE

I chose to create a romantic layout using papers and embellishments with a
vintage look.JANE

I loved the soft feel of this artwork and it's setting within a garden with lots of beautiful blooms in evidence which I have tried to replicate on my page. This is a gorgeous vintage photograph of my Aunt when she was 3 years old and I totally love everything about it - from the bow in her hair to the little shoes on her feet.

And now it is your turn ......

Please upload the DIRECT link to your actual entry with the link tool on the LEFT by 11.55pm on October 31st, 2015. We'd love to see yournewpaper, digital, mixed media or off the page entries. Why not try doing a pocket page spread? Please no back-dated submissions.

You may combine our challenge with a sketch and a product/technique challenge (so two additional challenges). Please include our inspirational picture and challenge details on your blog post as well as provide a link back to us at ARTastic ... and don't forget to tell us how you were inspired by our challenge.

You may enter more than once in any month as long as each submission is with a different creation. International entries are very welcome.

Please pop back on the 8th for The ARTastic 3T's - Tips, Tricks and Techniques brought to you this month by Wendy O'Keefe.

Our September winners will also be announced at this time so please make sure you call past.

February random draw prize

2nd random draw prize

JANUARY inspiration is Beach Scene by Arthur Streeton

JANUARY entries

JANUARY Prize

JANUARY second prize - if more than 8 entries

Donated by Karen McLaughlin

December 2nd random draw prize

If more than 8 entries

NO WORD VERIFICATION please

Our Creative Team love to leave comments on each and every entry, so please make it easier for them to do so and remove WORD VERIFICATION for your comments. If you choose to use specialist galleries please be aware we may not be able to leave comments for you.

ARTastic is a challenge blog with a difference. We find inspiration in works of art.THE RULES - You don't need to be arty to play along with us - we accept traditional paper, digital, mixed media and off the page creations at any level. International entries are welcome. You may combine with other challenges. Please include our inspirational artwork and a link back to ARTastic on your entry and tell us how you were inspired by our artwork.